Lars Engqvist

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Lars Engqvist
Lars Engqvist 1992.jpg
Lars Engqvist in 1992
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
In office
1 June 2004 – 1 October 2004
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byMarita Ulvskog (acting)
Succeeded byLaila Freivalds (acting)
Minister of Health and Social Affairs
In office
16 November 1998 – 1 October 2004
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byMaj-Inger Klingvall
Succeeded byBerit Andnor
Minister for Public Administration
In office
5 October 1998 – 7 October 1998
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byThomas Östros
Succeeded by
Minister for Housing
In office
5 October 1998 – 7 October 1998
Prime MinisterGöran Persson
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born (1945-08-13) 13 August 1945 (age 76)
Sala, Sweden
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Spouse(s)Ingvar Wallén
Alma materUppsala University
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Lars Engqvist (born 13 August 1945) is a Swedish politician.[1] He served as chairman of the youth organization of the Swedish Social Democrats from 1972 to 1978, and then worked as a journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of Arbetet, a Malmö-based newspaper.[2] In the early 1990s he was the mayor of Malmö, and then president of the Swedish Film Institute before receiving his first government appointment in 1998.

On 1 June 2004 he was appointed as deputy Prime Minister of the Swedish government. The main reason for the appointment was to make him acting the prime minister under Göran Persson, when the latter received knee surgery in early June. The appointment would not affect his status as the Minister of Health and Social Affairs, but at the same time it was also announced that Enqvist would step down from his government posts on 1 October, to become the new Governor of Jönköping County.

In April 2005 he was appointed as chairman of the Swedish public service television company Sveriges Television, succeeding Allan Larsson. The appointment drew criticism because of his close ties to the Social Democratic Party and the government.

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References[]

  1. ^ "Lars Engqvist". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  2. ^ "The Swedish Government". Vips-Governments. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
Party political offices
Preceded by Chair of the Social Democratic Youth League
1972–1978
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by
Mayor of Malmö
1990–1992
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Integration
1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister of the Interior
1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Health and Social Affairs
1998–2004
Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
2004
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Jönköping County
2004–2010
Succeeded by
Media offices
Preceded by
Executive Director of the Swedish Film Institute
1994–1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chair of the Sveriges Television
2005–2011
Succeeded by
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